The power of Latin football, the failure of African football to make its mark (yet) and the impotence of some of Europe’s main teams are the main conclusions that spring to mind after the second phase of South Africa 2010. These, apart from FIFA’s refusal to embrace technology which has already had a major impact [...]
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has begun shooting his latest film “Ready” in Sri Lanka, weeks after the Indian ocean island hosted the annual Bollywood awards that drew protests from South Indian film artists. The film, directed by Anees Bazmee, also stars South Indian actress Asin Thottumkal and Paresh Rawal. The story is woven around Prem [...]
Sri Lanka’s government has unveiled its first budget since being re-elected, aimed at reining in the public deficit. But it plans to maintain high defence spending following the island’s 26-year civil war with Tamil Tiger separatists. Sri Lanka is under pressure to balance its books from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which approved a $2.6bn [...]
AUSTRALIA’S bid to install John Howard as world cricket chief has ended in humiliation for the former prime minister and bitterly split the game along national lines. Opposition to Mr Howard was so strong among the nations from Africa and the subcontinent that the move to make him president of the International Cricket Council did [...]
Sri Lanka Government Minister Wimal Weerawansa has urged the public to surround the UN office in Sri Lanka and trap the staff inside until a decision is taken by the UN Secretary General to dissolve the panel he appointed on Sri Lanka. Weerawansa told reporters today that the appointment of the three-member advisory panel by UN General [...]
The head of a UN panel probing alleged war crimes during Sri Lanka’s civil war has criticised Colombo’s decision to ban him and colleagues from the country, a report said Friday. Marzuki Darusman, a former Indonesian attorney general, was named Tuesday to lead a team advising UN chief Ban Ki-moon on possible war crimes committed [...]
Once a close aide of Vellupillai Prabhakarn and the arms runner of the Tamil Tigers, Kumaran Pathmanathan may be used as a state witness by Sri Lankan authorities. Popularly known as KP, the former LTTE leader is wanted in connection with the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, and his role is also being determined in the [...]
Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa administration insists that its panel on “Lessons Learned” is a sufficient response to reports of tens of thousands of civilians killed in the final stage of the conflict last year. On June 18, Inner City Press asked Stephen Rapp, US ambassador at large for war crimes issues, if “Lessons Learned” are enough. [...]
Doctors have warned Stacey, from Kentucky in the US, that the pregnancy could be fatal for her — but she and her 5ft 9in-tall husband Will, insist their kids are a gift from god. Stacey Herald, 35, is just 2ft 4ins tall, and her new son will already be half her size when he is [...]
by Babu G. Ranganathan Not all prophecy in Scripture has been fulfilled yet but the second coming of Jesus Christ was totally fulfilled in the first century. The second coming of Christ had to do with the destruction of the Jewish Age and the establishment of Christ’s Kingdom. Jesus said that some of His disciples [...]
A funny and yet immoral incident took place in the cultural capital of Russia, St. Petersburg at night of June 14. The drivers, who did not manage to cross the Neva River before the bridges had been raised, became witnesses of something absolutely unforgettable. When the Liteiny Bridge was being raised, the people around could [...]
The Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has condemned critics of the army, saying the armed forces not only fought against the LTTE to establish peace in the country, but also to take care of human rights in the region which were once controlled by the rebels. Speaking during a military pageant to commemorate last year’s [...]
A striking facet of Gotabhaya Rajapaksa’s intriguing personality is the candour he displays in some media interviews. Instead of bluffing, sidestepping or trying to wriggle out of answering tricky questions the Defence secretary responds directly and fields them in a frank, forthright manner. This characteristic was very much evident in the telephonic interview given by [...]
There’s a reason M.I.A. is so angry. The controversial musician reveals that the recording of “/\/\/\Y/\” (a funky way of writing M.I.A.s real name, Maya) was influenced by death threats to her son, Ikhyd, reports the Huffington Post. The threats came after M.I.A. criticized the government in her native Sri Lanka. “People would write on Twitter [...]
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